Common investment terms

Trading terms

Common trading terms you might come across in your investment journey.

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Managed fund terms

Common terms you may come across when investing in managed funds.

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General investment terms

Common terms you may come across that apply to investing in general.

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Investment strategies

Compare and contrast different investment strategies.

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Risk & return

Understand the relationship between risk and return in investing. 

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Saving versus Investing

Discover how saving and investing can work together in your money plan.

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Understanding investment fees, disclosure and advice

Investment fees and costs

Common fees and costs you may encounter when investing. 

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Disclosure documents

Understand the key documents you may come across when investing. 

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Advice

Learn about different types of financial product advice available for investors.

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Investment articles

Shares for absolute beginners

Learn the basics of how shares work with this guide for beginners.

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What is a managed fund?

Learn what managed funds are and how they work.

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Discover what ETFs are

Discover more information about what ETFs are. 

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How to invest your money

Learn about different ways that could help grow your wealth. 

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Investing with small amounts

Explore micro-investing and how to start investing with small amounts of money. 

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Understanding the P/E ratio

Learn what the P/E ratio is, how to calculate it, and why it's important for evaluating shares.

Understand P/E ratios

Guides and podcast

Guide to investing

Helping investors get started by building understanding and confidence around investing.

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Girls That Invest

Simran Kaur, the founder of Girls That Invest, breaks down investing education and money mindset into easy-to-understand knowledge bites.

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CommSec Invest Podcast

This podcast looks to guide new investors through the process of becoming a confident share market investor.

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Investing in the CommBank app

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